I had a wonderful adventure today, but stupid me, forgot a camera! I could cry because the place a saw was so beautiful. It seemed right out of Lord of The Rings! It is a waterfall called Kesselfell. It was a long hike up a series of wooden bridges and stairs. It was sooooo beautiful. I am so happy to have been there. It was about a 30 minute walk to reach the top and then we took the long (but safer) way down which was about 45 minutes. It was so pretty! Damn, I wish I had pictures.

Yesterday was a lot less fun. I am in a very creative mode lately. I have visions of how I want to decorate my apartment, but I just cannot because no one has what I want. We asked for wooden letters or even small wooden signs and they said "no one wants that"! I DO!!!!! I will have to order online I guess...SIGH! I found this place that looks promising www.craftcuts.com 

So that was my weekend so far!

Hey everyone! I hope you are all having a great Sunday!! Elmar and I are being lazy and happy :) I love lazy Sundays!!! We did some laundry, ccoked a nice dinner and played with Ronin :)

I have been thoughtful to. I am thinking about pushing our TTC date back a bit. The BIG reason is because I want to have fun this year and do some crazy things with my looks and hair. I kind of want to get it all out of my system and enjoy more time with my husband (2nd reason). I want to feel more like I have done the crazy things I want to do and can then calm down and have baby. I will always be a little weird in my styles and dress, but this year is my last year to really be very creative without thinking of how it will effect my child. The third reason is, I want to have more education under my belt. If I get started with the online courses soon, I will be done with it by the end of the year.

The question is: How long of a delay?? I think until October or November. So, it will only be a few more months.

Maybe I will change my mind in the mean time, but I think it may be best for us if we wait just a little longer. One more anniversary, one more Christmas, just the two of us and maybe we can go to Greece for Valentine's Day next year.

Sincer everyone else did it...

1. How did you meet your husband and how old were you? 
We met via the internet on April 24, 2005. I saw his post about Carl Sagan and that sparked an interest. I sent him an e-mail with a long conversation about Carl Sagan (in case you do not know him, look him up on wiki!) and we never stopped talking from that day on. He was 29 and I was 25 when we met on the internet. He spent his 30th birthday chatting with me online!! On July 6, 2005 we met in person and it was the best day of my life!

2. Was it love at first sight?
No, we actually did not see pictures of eachother right away. It was the end of May untul we sent pictures! We had more of  a intellectual connection first. When I saw his picture and he saw mine we were I think we were then in lust. ;) When we met in person on July 6th, it was instant love! The internet provided us with an inner look of eachother before we got to see the outside and although we love eachothers outershell too, it was the inside that connected us and I think that is cool!

3. How did you know you were supposed to marry him?
Very soon after we met for the first time, I was already dreaming of our wedding day!!

4. What was the first date like?
We met very late at the airport on July 6th. My mom was also there because she wanted to make sure he was "safe" lol! But, we had a nice dinner, Elmar had a shower and we went to sleep in eacother's arms.

5. Where did your first kiss take place?
On July 6, 2005 at Pittsburgh airport! It was magic!

6. Dating... local or long distance?
Long distance, though we flew back and forth a lot to see eachother.

7. Do you know everything there is to know about your husband?
I know a lot, but sometimes he surprises me. :) I love that!

8. Were your parents supportive of you when you started dating?
Yep!

9. Did you wait till marriage to have sex?
No. 

10. How long was it till you got engaged after you started dating?
6 months!

11. Long or short engagement?
1 year on the dot. We were engaged on October 28, 2005 and married October 28. 2006.

12. Did you write your own vows?
Nope

13. What was one of the things that attracted you to your husband?
He is so smart!! I can talk to him about things I could not talk to anyone else about. He is a bit of a geek like me! He also has a great style!

14. Do you believe he is your soul mate?
I am not sure soul mate is the right term, but we are definitely made for eachother!

15. Are you happy that you married him?
Yes!

16. Place your husband was born and date?
Graz, Austria on June 21, 1975

17. Favorite movie?
He would never be able to decide! A few favorites include; Das Boot, Star Wars, LOTR trilogy and Phantom of The Opera. (just a funny side note, I just asked my husband what his favorite movie was and he looked at me confused and said he would nevere be able to pick one! I know him so well)

18. Occupation?
Graphics designer

19. What is one of his favorite things to do on the weekends?
Sleep! Which, is what I like to do too!

21. Does he snore at night while sleeping?
Sometimes, usually when he has a cold.

22. What about farting in his sleep?
Never.

23. If you could go one place with him anywhere in the world where would that be?
Athens, Greece!

24. How often do you have sex?
At least four times a week! :)

25. Is he the best thing that ever happened to you?
Well, he says he did not "happen" to me that it was the other way around. I found him! So, I would say "finding" him is the best thing that ever happened in my life!

So, CC is back up, or so it seems, but there are no journals??!!!

Hello everyone. I just want to start off this post by saying "I MISS CC!" Now, that is out of my system and I can move on to the real topic of this post.

A friend of mine that I met on CC was trying to find someone to help with her husband's website. I told her that my husband could do it and then she asked if I could edit his content! I jumped at the chance and have edited 20 of his reviews (it is a film review site). I am in LOVE! It comes so easy to me. It is like riding a bike. I need to do this as a career somehow!!! 

Some of you know that I will be taking Technical Writing courses online from Brookym College as soon as we get internet in our apartment. I am so excited about this. Editing for my friend has given me a friendly push in the right direction. A year from now I am going to have a certificate in Technical Writing and hopefully will find a great job!!!

I hope more of this type of editing comes my way! This job really gave me a boost!

I am trying to challenge myself to read more and joined the CC 50 books in a year challenge!! That got me thinking about baby books!! 

QOTD: What pregnancy and parenting books can you recommend?? 

I hope everyone had a great New Year. I have a recap of mine on CC, here is a copy:

I cannot tell you how relieved I am that it is the 1st of January. It feels good to be over 2007 finally!

We went out with our friend Jon. He is a cool guy. We went to his place first and I had a beer and two glasses of Champagne, but it was over a LONG period of time so I did not feel anything. Plus, Elmar and I just had pizza before we went. We hung out at Jon's place for four hours talking and then we headed to an industrial/goth club. It was ok, but it was soooooo full of smoke and my lungs are screaming today!!! We also tried to get a drink at the bar but the guy was from Turkey and did not really understand what we were saying. We wanted a vodka red bull and he tried to gives us two shots of vodka and a tiny bit of red bull. NAH! So, we just asked for a red bull and drank another during the night. We did not stay there long, but Jon was great and told us that he knows a lot of people but does not consider many people his friends, but we are his friends and are welcome to come over any time.

He is a fashion designer and wants to design a dress just for me. He is also great at goth makeup and wants to come along with us the the goth festival in May. Should be fun. He can help me style up!

So that is how I spent the last day of 2007 and the first day of the New Year

So it was not too exciting, but it was the best New Year's Day I have had in....well, it is the best one I remember! So, that must mean it is a start of something great!!!

It is a tradition in my family to eat Sauer Kraut and Pork on the first of the year for good luck and it is the first time I have done that in many years. Maybe it will help make this year great!